Office for Intellectual Freedomhttp://www.ala.org/news/taxonomy/term/618/all
enCall for nominations for the Gerald Hodges IF Chapter Relations Awardhttp://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/12/call-nominations-gerald-hodges-if-chapter-relations-award
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) <a href="http://www.ala.org/ifrt">Intellectual Freedom Round Table</a> (IFRT) is seeking nominations for its 2017 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award. The Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award recognizes an intellectual freedom focused organization that has developed a strong multi-year, ongoing program or a single, one-year project that exemplifies support for intellectual freedom, patron confidentiality and anti-censorship efforts. The award consists of $1,000 and a citation.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:19:40 +0000KPEKOLL12988 at http://www.ala.org/newsFreedom to Read Foundation and ALA/OIF offer webinar on the History of Intellectual Freedom and Censorshiphttp://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/11/freedom-read-foundation-and-alaoif-offer-webinar-history-intellectual-freedom
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO — Join intellectual freedom educators and advocates Emily Knox, Joyce Latham, and Candace Morgan as they discuss the history of intellectual freedom and censorship from the Roman Empire into our digital age. The panelists will also cover history of these topics within the American Library Association (ALA) and the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) and explore why knowledge of these topics is critical to work as a librarian, library trustee, or library staff member. Librarians, administrators and library board members are encouraged to attend.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 19:33:10 +0000SZALUSKY12895 at http://www.ala.org/newsALA President Julie Todaro responds to Kansas City (Mo.) Public Library free speech arrestshttp://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/10/ala-president-responds-kansas-city-mo-public-library-free-speech-arrests
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO - On May 9, 2016 Kansas City Public Library Director of Public Programing Steve Woolfolk was arrested for his efforts to protect free speech during a public program entitled “Truman and Israel.” During the program off-duty police officers hired by the event sponsor arrested a patron for asking difficult questions and then arrested Woolfolk when he tried to intervene.</p>
<p>American Library Association (ALA) President Julie Todaro released the following statement.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 21:11:42 +0000MMORALES12831 at http://www.ala.org/newsALA Office for Intellectual Freedom launches Our Voices http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/09/ala-office-intellectual-freedom-launches-our-voices
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO – Today, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services announced Our Voices, an initiative to offer a template to interested libraries to promote the growth of diverse, quality content in library collections.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:06:40 +0000MMORALES12811 at http://www.ala.org/newsAnnouncing the 2016 #BannedBooksWeek Author Lineuphttp://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/09/announcing-2016-bannedbooksweek-author-lineup
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Office for Intellectual Freedom eagerly reveals the talented authors who will be contributing their thoughts and perspectives for <a href="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/BannedBooksWeek">Banned Books Week</a> on ALA's <a href="http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/" target="_blank">Intellectual Freedom Blog</a>.<br />
Their pieces will be posted Sept. 25 through Oct. 1. </p>
<p>Contribute to the Banned Books Week conversation on twitter with the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bannedbooksweek?f=tweets&amp;vertical=news&amp;src=hash" target="_blank">#BannedBooksWeek</a>.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:54:35 +0000KPEKOLL12767 at http://www.ala.org/newsBanned Books Week makes international splash across the pondhttp://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/08/banned-books-week-makes-international-splash-across-pond
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO — <a href="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek" target="_blank">Banned Books Week</a> — an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read — is making waves across the pond. With support from the American Library Association (ALA), U.K. organizations have united to host Banned Books Week programs throughout London, demonstrating that censorship is not confined to the United States.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:58:51 +0000EDIAZ12724 at http://www.ala.org/newsLibrarians, student press advocate share 2016 FTRF Roll of Honor Awardhttp://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/05/librarians-student-press-advocate-share-2016-ftrf-roll-honor-award
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO — Librarians Helen Adams and Nancy Kranich and attorney and First Amendment advocate Frank LoMonte have been named the recipients of the 2016 Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Roll of Honor Award. </p>
<p>“I am very pleased and honored to announce Helen Adams, Nancy Kranich and Frank LoMonte as this year’s Roll of Honor co-awardees,” said Honor Roll Committee Chair J. Douglas Archer. “In his or her own distinctive way, each has been a life-long, stellar defender of free expression and the right to read, view, listen to or otherwise access whatever one chooses.”</p></div></div></div>Tue, 31 May 2016 17:48:42 +0000SZALUSKY12524 at http://www.ala.org/newsNew library privacy guidelines aim to strengthen reader privacy protections for K – 12 studentshttp://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/05/new-library-privacy-guidelines-aim-strengthen-reader-privacy-protections-k-12
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO — On May 2, 2016, the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee approved a new document, "Library Privacy Guidelines for Students in K-12 Schools." The document, which surveys the state of students' privacy in K-12 schools, provides guidance for school libraries and educational institutions seeking to protect students' privacy, both while online and while reading or engaging in research. The document was developed by the IFC Privacy Subcommittee, with input from additional ALA committees, interest groups, and roundtables with an interest in privacy. </p></div></div></div>Thu, 05 May 2016 21:24:21 +0000SZALUSKY12471 at http://www.ala.org/newsIntellectual Freedom and Minors Webinarhttp://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/04/intellectual-freedom-and-minors-webinar
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h2><em>Intellectual Freedom and Minors </em><br />
Webinar hosted by<br />
Freedom to Read Foundation and ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom</h2>
<h3>Thursday, May 26, 2016<br />
1pm CST<br /><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intellectual-freedom-and-minors">www.ala.org/advocacy/intellectual-freedom-and-minors</a></h3>
<p>FREE for FTRF Members!</p></div></div></div>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:44:36 +0000KPEKOLL12432 at http://www.ala.org/newsJarrett Dapier receives the 2016 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Awardhttp://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/04/jarrett-dapier-receives-2016-john-phillip-immroth-memorial-award
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces that Jarrett Dapier is the recipient of the 2016 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:36:13 +0000SPICKETT12414 at http://www.ala.org/newsWebinar! "Dear Representative" in time for NLLDhttp://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/04/webinar-dear-representative-time-nlld
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Oftentimes, librarians associate <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld">National Library Legislative Day</a> (NLLD) with the singular issue of funding and budget support. But there are many issues that librarians can advocate for to their elected officials. </p></div></div></div>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:40:24 +0000KPEKOLL12388 at http://www.ala.org/news“State of America’s Libraries 2016” shows service transformation to meet tech demands of library patronshttp://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/04/state-america-s-libraries-2016-shows-service-transformation-meet-tech-demands
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CHICAGO – Libraries are not just about what they have for people, but what they do for and with people. With communities still recovering from the Great Recession, academic, school and public libraries continue to transform and shift resources and services to meet the needs of tech-savvy patrons.</p>
<p>This and other library trends of the past year are detailed in the ALA’s 2016 State of America’s Libraries report, released today in recognition of National Library Week, April 10 – 16, 2016.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:07:57 +0000MMORALES12382 at http://www.ala.org/newsFTRF and GSLIS at Illinois Announce Intellectual Freedom Course and Scholarship Opportunitieshttp://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/03/ftrf-and-gslis-illinois-announce-intellectual-freedom-course-and-scholarship
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="yiv6980700464msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) and the </span><a href="http://www.lis.illinois.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:&#10;10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Graduate School of Library and Information Science</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) are pleased to announce a partnership to offer an online graduate-leve</span></p></div></div></div>Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:10:26 +0000KPEKOLL12337 at http://www.ala.org/newsCommittee on Professional Ethics Presents "No Room at the Library: The Ethics of Diversity"http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/03/committee-professional-ethics-presents-no-room-library-ethics-diversity
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Committee on Professional Ethics Presents "No Room at the Library: The Ethics of Diversity" at ALA's Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. </p></div></div></div>Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:02:28 +0000KPEKOLL12319 at http://www.ala.org/news"The Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom" named 2016 Eli M. Oboler Award winnerhttp://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2016/03/library-juice-press-handbook-intellectual-freedom-named-2016-eli-m-oboler-award
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Intellectual Freedom Round Table has announced the winner of the 2016 <a href="www.ala.org/ifrt/awardsfinal/oboler/oboler">Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award</a>, which recognizes the best published work in the area of intellectual freedom. The 2016 award goes to <em>The Library Juice Press Handbook of Intellectual Freedom, </em>edited by Mark Alfino and Laura Koltutsky. The publisher is the Library Juice Press.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 23:26:39 +0000SPICKETT12280 at http://www.ala.org/news